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The Lexham Context Commentary: New Testament surveys each book of the New Testament at several levels—Book, Division, Section, Pericope, Paragraph, and Unit—providing contextually appropriate commentary on each level. The reader of the commentary can easily ascertain the contextual importance of any larger section, or pericope, or even a particular verse of Scripture.

(13:31–32) This parable is compared to the kingdom of heaven. This is another horticultural analogy, this time about a mustard seed planted by a man. It is a very small seed, yet once it is full grown, birds can come and rest in its branches. This is the first parable in the parable discourse that will not receive an explanation. 13:31 This short parable opens like the previous one (13:24), indicating that Jesus taught this again to the “them,” the crowds (13:34). The
Matthew 13:31–32
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